On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 10:03:44AM +0300, era eriksson wrote:
> I like the frm(1) program which comes with Elm, but I don't wish to
> install the whole Elm package for a single small utility.
>
> Would you consider moving the non-Elm-specific utilities into their
> own separate package? Most of the following I think could benefit from
> being made available to a broader audience.
>
> usr/bin/answer mail/elm-me+
> usr/bin/checkalias mail/elm-me+
> usr/bin/fastmail mail/elm-me+
> usr/bin/frm mail/elm-me+
> usr/bin/listalias mail/elm-me+
> usr/bin/messages mail/elm-me+
> usr/bin/newalias mail/elm-me+
> usr/bin/newmail mail/elm-me+
> usr/bin/nfrm mail/elm-me+
> usr/bin/printmail mail/elm-me+
> usr/bin/readmsg mail/elm-me+
> usr/bin/wnewmail mail/elm-me+
>
> (Not intimately familiar with many of these -- no doubt some of them
> will only work with Elm aliases or something.)
>
> Meanwhile, I'm sure I can cook up a simple shell function with
> formail(1) for my own needs, so this is definitely a wishlist-level
> report.
Have you tried mailutils? I think it's exactly what you want.
Thanks,
Matej